Research Paper
Yaghoob Foroutan
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This article focuses primarily on one of the most important demographic issues, that is, the association between religious belonging and fertility desires from a sociological perspective; and we have attempted to presents research-based evidence in order to better understand some of the most important ...
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This article focuses primarily on one of the most important demographic issues, that is, the association between religious belonging and fertility desires from a sociological perspective; and we have attempted to presents research-based evidence in order to better understand some of the most important patterns and determinants related to this association. To what extent can socio-economic characteristics and situations affect the association between religious belonging and fertility desires? More clearly, whether religious affiliations or socio-economic characteristics do play a more important role in individuals’ fertility desires? Generally speaking, the results of this analysis provide fresh and new research findings to support the notion developed by such demographers as Westoff & Jones (1979) and Kaufman &Skirbekk (2012), suggesting that the influence of religious affiliations on fertility desires tends to gradually decrease when the contemporary societies become more modern. The research findings of this analysis have also confirmed that despite some differences across the religious groups, their fertility desires are still substantially affected by socio-economic determinants. Accordingly, the sustainable and comprehensive success of policies and planning remain on nationwide development programs in order to improve the socio-economic characteristics of the individuals, irrespective of religious affiliations.
Research Paper
akbar zare shahabadi; mohammad hasan manaviat
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Different sub-cultures are formed by different subjects such as ethnicity, religion, and race. One of these different subjects is youth's sub-culture. Our aim in this study is to examine youth's sub-cultures and its relationship with social capital. This study has been conducted in two exploratory and ...
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Different sub-cultures are formed by different subjects such as ethnicity, religion, and race. One of these different subjects is youth's sub-culture. Our aim in this study is to examine youth's sub-cultures and its relationship with social capital. This study has been conducted in two exploratory and descriptive sections. First, in the exploratory section in order to design appropriate instruments and identifying Yazdi youth's different sub-cultures, 20 Yazdi youth were qualitatively interviewed, and after identifying these varieties and designing appropriate instruments, the study was quantitatively conducted. Through Cochran formula, 385 people were selected as the sample size and also the sampling of this research was multi-stage sampling. Findings indicated that youth's social capital is lower than average level and social capital has a significant relationship and high correlation with aggression and lumpen in speaking, jaunty and lumpen in make-up and clothing, secluded and criminal in values and norms, addiction, religious and exercising in leisure time, foreigners in movies and music, and vegetarian food in eating.
Research Paper
Mohammad Javad Imani Khoshkhoo; Bahareh Naji
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If we consider that voice is a reflective ability of actors for narrating themselves and others’ lives and a sort of significant choice to reform the current situation, so the Constitutional era’s satiric poetry is a unique form in terms of constructing the public voice: an appearance of ...
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If we consider that voice is a reflective ability of actors for narrating themselves and others’ lives and a sort of significant choice to reform the current situation, so the Constitutional era’s satiric poetry is a unique form in terms of constructing the public voice: an appearance of critical poetic form towards the society. In this research, the contexts of public voice’s formation have been historically explained and by studying four main poets of this era-based on Albert Hirschman's voice theory, themes and the manner of public voice has been analyzed. The effective factors in formation and development of public voice is: frustration arising from comparison between Iran and modern countries, absence of easy opportunities for exit (although it’d got possible), national loyalty sentiments and the possibility of voice’s effectiveness due to weakness of sovereignty. Public voice in the constitutional era has been unequivocal. While this voice is straight and distinctional in criticizing of public culture, it is rather oblique in criticizing politics (Shah, politicians and colonialism). Regardless of the validity of these poetries, satire was so a fantastic form to appear the horizontal collective public voice that paved the way of construction of collective political identities and – accordingly - vertical voice towards dominants.
Research Paper
Seyedeh Razieh Yasini
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The paper is a study on the transformation of discursive policies at first & second Pahlavi eras and the type of their effects on the dress and clothing of Iranian Women. In this paper, the apparent features and characteristics and semantic implications of dress are sociologically studied. The effect ...
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The paper is a study on the transformation of discursive policies at first & second Pahlavi eras and the type of their effects on the dress and clothing of Iranian Women. In this paper, the apparent features and characteristics and semantic implications of dress are sociologically studied. The effect of social & cultural factors on the women dress and the difference of discursive practices in the first and second Pahlavi eras are considered. The necessity of this kind of studies refers to the importance of identifying the implications of imperative and diffusive policies in cultural areas. The approach of the research is qualitative and descriptive-analytical & critical discourse analysis has been applied to analyze the dominant discourses in the first and second Pahlavi eras. This study aims to respond to this question: what was the result of two different approaches to unveiling women in the first Pahlavi (imperative) and second Pahlavi eras (diffusive)? The results show that despite the same discourse, different actions of Pahlavi discourse in two eras had different consequences and because of the concentration of discursive actions in the second Pahlavi on Social and cultural requirements of the day, they came closer to their goals than the first Pahlavi discourse actions. Following the hegemony of first & second Pahlavi discourses, kind of relative "homogenization" of women clothing came out in Iran which was the result of one of the actions of this discourse in the first era of Pahlavi dynasty.
Research Paper
Seyed Jamal Akbarzadeh Jahromi; Avin Ahmadi
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The emergence and expansion of virtual social networks, especially image-based social networks, has provided a relatively open space for representing identity and even identity building to ethnic and marginalized groups in society that have historically been deprived of it. This article seeks to identify ...
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The emergence and expansion of virtual social networks, especially image-based social networks, has provided a relatively open space for representing identity and even identity building to ethnic and marginalized groups in society that have historically been deprived of it. This article seeks to identify the types of identity species that represented by Kurdish women on the Instagram social network; It is also identify the strategies and techniques that these women use to represent their collective identities. The research method used is a qualitative Netographic in which the Sadbak model consists of three interview techniques, collaborative observation and virtual content reading. According to the findings, although users have become more involved in representing their identities, but their activity is influenced by predetermined social network architecture structures such as liking, commenting, and sharing images. The findings also showed that there are three identity types of Kurdish women in this network: “cosmopolitanism”, “Iranian-National” and “ethnical”. The elements of each of them were divided into three categories: “belonging to the desired community”, “culture”, and “politics” and each of these subsets was represented by its own strategies and techniques. Identities represented on Instagram are more diverse than mass media. Also, these identities are fluid and polymeric and occur more radically at certain times, such as social crises.
Research Paper
mohammadbagher sepehri
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The present article aims to identify the effective factors of the future of media consumption in the Sabalan channel with an emphasis on entertainment. Based on a futuristic look (2019 to 2029) and a combination of Library research and Delphi methods. Findings show that 45 factors were identified in ...
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The present article aims to identify the effective factors of the future of media consumption in the Sabalan channel with an emphasis on entertainment. Based on a futuristic look (2019 to 2029) and a combination of Library research and Delphi methods. Findings show that 45 factors were identified in five groups of environment and five groups in the competition environment and were answered by experts in relation to their importance and uncertainty. From this point of view, in the group of remote environment, the factor of sexual issues, violence and visual attractions are the factors of morality with 89.26% more importance and uncertainty; Also, from the remote environment group, the cost component of producing and broadcasting entertaining programs is more important than economic factors with 85.26% and certainty among experts. Each of which has the same importance and uncertainty with 84.99%. In fact, the four aforementioned components with the most importance and uncertainty are the main precursors and drivers of future scenarios for Sabalan channel.
Research Paper
ayoob omidi; maryam mosharraf; abolghasem esmailpour
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One of the methods has been common for Badness-removing from the past to the present is the sacrificial ritual. This ritual is one of the manifestations of worship and is believed to be religious and ideological practice. This research which is a qualitative study, tries to study the ritual of sacrifice ...
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One of the methods has been common for Badness-removing from the past to the present is the sacrificial ritual. This ritual is one of the manifestations of worship and is believed to be religious and ideological practice. This research which is a qualitative study, tries to study the ritual of sacrifice in the popular culture of Ivan city using a phenomenological approach; The sampling method was a snowball using semi-structured interviews to investigate beliefs about sacrifice among 18 elderly people in Ivan City and its six villages. The results of the research show that the sacrifice in the Ivan's popular culture can be analyzed in five sections and is often carried out for the purpose of Badness-removing and malevolent ward off. The important point is that due to the lack of financial resources in the traditional community, most sacrifices are made without blood except in important celebrations and events such as birth, marriage, mourning, difficult illness and pilgrimage trips that blood sacrifices being offered. In such cases, they believe that if no blood is shed, that disaster won't be repelled. Regarding the moderation of the sacrifice in popular culture, it can be said that the first sacrifice is more commonly in the bloodstream and the more we go, Animal corps replaces with the non-bloody sacrifice, as blood donations are limited to a limited extent today. Mostly sacrifice is offered in the form of prayer, sacrifice or donation of charity and money; including the vow of hair, which is later moderated by the replacement of money, jewelry and forgiveness. One of the most important factors of moderation is the expansion of awareness and understanding of superstitions and the importance of animals such as cattle and sheep in agricultural life and activity.
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Maysam Musai; Parvaneh Moradian Daghigh; sahar Changiz
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The purpose of this study is to estimate the cinema demand function and analyzing the factors affecting it in city of Mashhad. By reviewing the theoretical literature, five influential factors of economic, cultural, social, individual and environmental have been identified and the variables related to ...
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The purpose of this study is to estimate the cinema demand function and analyzing the factors affecting it in city of Mashhad. By reviewing the theoretical literature, five influential factors of economic, cultural, social, individual and environmental have been identified and the variables related to each factor have been compiled based on a conceptual model. The research was conducted by survey method and based on a conceptual model, a questionnaire consisting of 71 items in the Likert scale was developed to score the variables. The results of the study indicate that the price of cinema tickets has the most negative and significant effect on cinema demand. Among the social factors, the financial and welfare status of the family and parents' education have a positive and significant effect on cinema demand. Among cultural factors, the amount of leisure time has the most positive effect on cinema demand. In addition, this study shows that increasing media use plays a complementary product role rather than a substitute role.Obtained data show the positive and high impact of individuals' income base among social factors affecting the demand for cinema in Mashhad. In general, economic factors, compared to other factors, have the greatest impact.
Research Paper
Farideh afarin
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The study is based on the assumption that the painting "Entry of Christ into Brussels" by "James Ensor" despite its title & theme of religious narration related to the holy book, unlike the orthodox Christian iconography, especially is a break or a kind of refusal. There is a revolution in the painting ...
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The study is based on the assumption that the painting "Entry of Christ into Brussels" by "James Ensor" despite its title & theme of religious narration related to the holy book, unlike the orthodox Christian iconography, especially is a break or a kind of refusal. There is a revolution in the painting by which we translate it into a kind of modern icons. This research seeks to answer the question, despite the religious elements, whether we categorize it as a modern icon? The purpose of the research is to analyze the process of semananlysis according to kristeva`s ideas. The visual elements and their relations is required for highlighting the exchange of the semiotic and the symbolic? Types of Lines, colors, the degree of darkness/brightness or tonality, shapes, texture, and space will lead us to the threshold of semananalysis. The description of the visual components proceeds up to modal, representational & compositional functions. This focus leads to associative & successional and differential intertextual relationships. An outline of the relations governing the components leads to the levels of principles, that is, the implicit and explicit, cultural and social ones. The analysis of the visual characteristics and the relations between them will concentrate our attention to the exchange of the semiotic and the symbolic. The focus on the types of intertextual relationship will show "Entry of Christ into Brussels" does not follow the religious iconographical traditions. secondly, with regard to the aesthetic properties like forces of colors, artist leads the audience's mind to a deeper sociological interpretation. Ultimately, considering other artist`s artworks and studying para textual relationships all directly highlight the relationship between political issues associated with new governmentality and new branch of Christianity.
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ghasem tooraji; Nader Shayganfar; Farzan Sojoodi; syed Hassan Soltani
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Due to the changes made in the last few decades, it can be said that the Internet, and then digital technologies, have transformed the generality of music industry. While some of the negative consequences of this trend can be pointed out, it must be acknowledged that a large portion of new businesses ...
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Due to the changes made in the last few decades, it can be said that the Internet, and then digital technologies, have transformed the generality of music industry. While some of the negative consequences of this trend can be pointed out, it must be acknowledged that a large portion of new businesses in the music industry such as digital music distribution has been a positive consequence of these technological changes. Given the specific cultural, social, and political conditions in Iran, the main goal of this research is to develop strategies for optimizing the use of these emerging opportunities in the digital distribution of music with an innovative and practical approach. In this regard, using a qualitative research approach and interviewing 14 experts in the country, this study presents its strategic plan for the study. The strategies proposed in this study are divided into six sections: product innovation, service, position, process, social, and paradigmatic. Finally, the results show that if digital music distribution services can adequately identify their needs and feelings, they will be able to better respond to their needs and innovate with business model innovations. They will, by doing so, finally bring new actors into their market. Finally, there are some cultural and political challenges in this arena.
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Taher Roshandel Arbatani; Afshin Omidi; Esmaeil Norouzi
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Due to the changes made in the last few decades, it can be said that the Internet, and then digital technologies, have transformed the generality of music industry. While some of the negative consequences of this trend can be pointed out, it must be acknowledged that a large portion of new businesses ...
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Due to the changes made in the last few decades, it can be said that the Internet, and then digital technologies, have transformed the generality of music industry. While some of the negative consequences of this trend can be pointed out, it must be acknowledged that a large portion of new businesses in the music industry such as digital music distribution has been a positive consequence of these technological changes. Given the specific cultural, social, and political conditions in Iran, the main goal of this research is to develop strategies for optimizing the use of these emerging opportunities in the digital distribution of music with an innovative and practical approach. In this regard, using a qualitative research approach and interviewing 14 experts in the country, this study presents its strategic plan for the study. The strategies proposed in this study are divided into six sections: product innovation, service, position, process, social, and paradigmatic. Finally, the results show that if digital music distribution services can adequately identify their needs and feelings, they will be able to better respond to their needs and innovate with business model innovations. They will, by doing so, finally bring new actors into their market. Finally, there are some cultural and political challenges in this arena.
Research Paper
Alireza Kermani; Soheila , SadeghiFfassaei
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The thinkers in the field of childhood and adolescent studies are divided into two general groups, a group that believe in continuity in history, and another group, like Foucault, believes the history is a set of discontinuities. In this article, we aim to find out whether childhood and adolescence is ...
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The thinkers in the field of childhood and adolescent studies are divided into two general groups, a group that believe in continuity in history, and another group, like Foucault, believes the history is a set of discontinuities. In this article, we aim to find out whether childhood and adolescence is a discursive phenomenon. The main objective is the discovery of the main mechanisms of the emergence of childhood in the modern world with the emphasis on the archeology of knowledge. The results indicate: first, Childhood Is a modern and discursive subject, second, Childhood is a discursive-historical phenomenon and three, like other discursive phenomena, Childhood is the product of the exclusion mechanism in the discourse of modernity. According to Foucault’s problematic discourse, we claim that childhood and adolescence are like madness and has a pre-history and post-history. In the pre-history period, we do not have a childhood phenomenon .A child is a modern phenomenon and most likely-under the influence of a variety of media-will disappear in the future.
